There was a time when only white males could attend colleges and universities. After the Civil War, women and people of different ethnicities were brought into the university scene. However, even today the debate continues to be ongoing about how best to enroll, educate, and graduate these students who were once denied higher education. Because of this debate, American universities have yet to offer accommodations to these groups of students. Those who were previously denied the right to attend universities are now facing problems due to the trust gap, economic gap and stress gap. These problems can be solved if changes are made in the teaching system of universities. According to Adrienne Rich in the article “What a Woman Needs to Know,” there is no university today that offers women the education they need to survive. . Women not only live in a world ruled by white males, but they also live in a society that fails to meet the educational needs they deserve (Rich 79). Not only are they denied these needs, but they also encounter subtle forms of prejudice on campus. They are seen as unwelcome and unimportant outsiders. However, women are not the only people on campus who feel discouraged and unwelcome. People of different ethnicities are also experiencing this problem. Students shared their experiences with subtle discrimination in certain facial expressions, being ignored or unrecognized, and the way white students talk about them, the Institute for the Study of Social Change reported. Mike Rose, in the article “Lives on the Boundary”, also talks about this injustice. He says: “Many are kept away from great books, because… middle of paper… to have a better education for all. Works Cited Institute for the Study of Social Change. “The Diversity Project: Final Report. Berkeley: University of California, 1991.Rich, Adrienne. “What does a woman need to know?” 1986. The presence of others. Comp. Andrea A. Lunsford and John J. Ruszkiewicz. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin, 2008. 74-80. Print.Rose, Mike. "He lives on the border." 1989. The presence of others. Comp. Andrea A. Lunsford and John J. Ruszkiewicz. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin, 2008. 90-102. Print.Sax, Linda J. “College women still face many obstacles in reaching their full potential.” The Chronicle of Higher Education 28 September 2007, Diversity in academia: B46.Strasbourg, Jenny. “Losing Ground: More than 40 years after the Civil Rights Act, why are women's wages still lower than men's?” The San Francisco Chronicle January 9, 2005, Heritage: CM-14.